From Frank Henenlotter, the man behind such cult horror favorites as Basket Case and Frankenhooker, comes Brain Damage – the ultimate head-trip, now finally on Blu-ray!

Meet Elmer. He’s your local, friendly parasite with the ability to induce euphoric hallucinations in his hosts. But these LSD-like trips come with a hefty price tag. When young Brian comes under Elmer’s addictive spell, it’s not long before he finds himself scouring the city streets in search of his parasite’s preferred food source – brains!

Featuring late TV horror host John Zacherley as the voice of Elmer, Brain Damage boasts some of the most astonishing bad taste gore-gags ever realized, including the notorious “brain-pulling sequence” and a blow-job that ends with a distinctly unconventional climax.

You can file this film under both awful and amazing; and comedy horror but that seems to go without saying. The film opens on a bizarre older couple who are escorting a brain into their bathroom only to learn that the recipient is missing.

The brain muncher is called Elmer and I will describe it is a blue, hypodermic turd with a charismatic baritone voice. Blue turd. Also, it is animatronic. Elmer injects its host with a blue liquid, maybe Windex, which triggers a chemical euphoria allowing the user to see colors and color shifts. The intend behind the pusher, Elmer, is to get the user close enough to a victim for Elmer to munch on some grey matter.

Behind this bonkers horror film hides a fairly strong message about drug addiction how it ravages the lives of addicts. As deplorable as addict’s actions may be it is difficult for some people to understand how conniving the chemical need can be. That is what you get with Brain Damage. And a blue turd who eats brains.

If you read Arrow’s description you will know that the film is graphic and will upset some people. The depiction of addiction is more difficult for me to watch but others will feel differently. But the film is great and I will definitely be spinning it again soon. I highly recommend the film for horror, comedy/horror, cult fans. It probably won’t work too well for many casual viewers.